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Message board alert: they’re out-of-order

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2:50 p.m. EDT July 10, 2014

One of the two broken electronioc message signs along the westbound Norwood Lateral. The one pictured here is nearly atop Paddock Road, the other is between Paddock and Interstate 75.
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QUESTION: There are two smaller electronic boards on the westbound Norwood Lateral (Ohio 562) that are never in use. Is there any real reason for them? They were installed roughly four years ago. I drive that route every day and have seen them working exactly once.

- Mike, from Oakley

ANSWER: The Ohio Department of Transportation installed these boards four years ago to warn drivers of slowed or stopped traffic ahead on Interstate 75. The electronic signs in question (one is nearly atop Paddock Road and the other is between Paddock and I-75) are in the process of being replaced; state officials say the signs do not have a long lifespan.